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321. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 265-73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 265-73
Title:
Letter no.234 of 1852, from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
Kemball reports on slave trading activities on both the Arab and Persian coasts of the Gulf. A table (f 265) lists the numbers of slaves imported into Rusul Khymah [Ra's al-Khaymah] from Zanzibar (435), as supplied by the British agent at Sharjah. Kemball writes that he suspects this figure is a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1852
Extent:
9 folios

322. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 277-78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 277-78
Title:
Letter no.1731 of 1852, from Henry Edward Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter making reference to correspondence from the former Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, dated 28 June 1851 (see '1851/52 Residency in the Persian Gulf English Correspondence No.7 Slave Trade', IOR/R/15/1/127 f 21). Goldsmid encloses an extract from a despatch (f 278) from t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1852
Extent:
2 folios

323. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 15-20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 15-20
Title:
Letter No. 8 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing translations of communications received from parties subscribing to the continuation of the terms of the Maritime Truce 1843, and states that they give a general indication of the attitudes of the 'Arabian chiefs' towards the renewal of the treaty, or its replacement. It ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1852
Extent:

6 folios

324. IOR/R/15/1/134 f 4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/134 f 4
Title:
Letter no.407 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter acknowledging receipt of correspondence from the native agent at Muscat, which reports on the departure of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, Sa‘id bin Sulṭān al-Sa‘id, for Zanzibar on the 31 October 1852, and of Major Hamerton (British Consul at Muscat) for Bombay on the same date.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1852
Extent:
1 folio

325. IOR/R/15/1/134 f 51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/134 f 51
Title:
Letter no.15 of 1852 from John Taylor, British Agent at Basra, to Captain Arnold Kemball, acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Report describing the disturbances between the Moustafah Arabs and the Turkish Government, which Taylor believes will lead to hostilities and an armed resistance against the local authorities.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 folio

326. IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 17-19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 17-19
Title:
Letter from Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Covering letter enclosing letter no.22 of 1852 from Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, dated 20 August 1852. The enclosure is a report which states that the Sultan of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1852
Extent:
3 folios

327. IOR/R/15/1/138, f 102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, f 102
Title:
Letter no.101 of 1853, from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter enclosing correspondence sent by Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Officer of the Persian Gulf Squadron, to Kemball, concerning the discovery at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] of indigo from the plundered ship Centaur. The letter referred to does not follow Kemball's...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1853
Extent:
1 folio

328. IOR/R/15/1/138, f 295B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, f 295B
Title:
Letter no.99 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns British jurisdiction over runaway slaves in the Gulf. Kemball states that slaves absconding from one boat to another on the pearl banks, can legitimately be recovered by the British authorities. However, a slave absconding from a boat to a port does not come under a British of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1853
Extent:
1 folio

329. IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 4-11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 4-11
Title:
Letter no.57 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the political situation between Bahrain and The Wahhabi tribes of Arabia. Kemball writes that he has received a letter from Mohamed ben Khuleefa [Muhammad bin Khalifa], chief of Bahrain, who requests the British Government's help in the perceived threat of invasion via Adeed ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1853
Extent:
8 folios

330. IOR/R/15/1/143, f 99

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/143, f 99
Title:
Letter no.33 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to previous correspondence from the Government of Bombay, approving of Kemball’s actions in the Gulf relating to unrest in Bahrain. Anderson writes that the Government is apprehensive that its previous instructions suggested unlimited authority in using arms against the Wahhābī...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1855
Extent:
1 folio